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Source: International Congress of Psychology
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1. Dooley, David
Prause, JoAnn
Inadequate Employment and High Depressive Symptoms: Panel Analyses
Presented: Stockholm, Sweden, International Congress of Psychology, July 2000
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: International Congress of Psychology
Keyword(s): CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Employment; Underemployment

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A century's research on unemployment's health effects has largely ignored other kinds of underemployment. Inadequate employment, defined as involuntary part time or poverty wage work, appears to be rising and prevalent even during low unemployment. Using 5,113 respondents who were adequately employed in 1992, this study compared the effects of adverse employment change in 1994. Controlling for 1992 depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale) and background variables, both unemployed and inadequately employed workers had significantly elevated risk of high depression in 1994. The results support a paradigm change; employment would be better studied as a continuum than a dichotomy.
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Dooley, David and JoAnn Prause. "Inadequate Employment and High Depressive Symptoms: Panel Analyses." Presented: Stockholm, Sweden, International Congress of Psychology, July 2000.